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- IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD March 27, 2026
- WHEN NEWS IS PROPAGANDA March 27, 2026
- IMPURE CONSCIOUSNESS AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS March 26, 2026
- WHY DOES BUDDHISM GO ON ABOUT SUFFERING? March 25, 2026
- UN-REINFORCING THE I March 24, 2026
- “THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST US” March 24, 2026
- DO YOU FEEL MONACHOPSIS? March 23, 2026
- ONE LIGHT OR MANY LIGHTS? March 23, 2026
- WHAT IS OUR COMMON GROUND? March 23, 2026
- DON’T LET DAMAGE CONTROL YOUR LIFE March 23, 2026
- BE THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY March 22, 2026
- BELIEVING AND DEBUNKING March 22, 2026
- THE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS March 21, 2026
- GROUPS ARE CONFORMITY March 21, 2026
- PRACTICAL PRACTICE TO PRACTISE March 21, 2026
- WHO BENEFITS FROM CHAOS? March 20, 2026
- IS THERE A HIERACHY ON EARTH? March 20, 2026
- WORLD EVENTS CHANGE OUR THINKING March 20, 2026
- THE ANSWER TO LIFE March 19, 2026
- SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM March 18, 2026
- EVIL TRANSFORMS INTO WISDOM March 18, 2026
- THE COMFORTABLE DECEPTION March 18, 2026
- IT’S AN ANCIENT TRICK March 18, 2026
- WHAT ARE MORALS? March 17, 2026
- A POSITIVE OUTLOOK March 16, 2026
- REGRETS ARE MEMORIES March 16, 2026
- THE TWO VEILS OF UNHAPPINESS March 15, 2026
- WHAT IS SUCCESS? March 15, 2026
- KARMA IS OUR MANUAL FOR LIFE March 15, 2026
- DZOGCHEN March 14, 2026
- WE ALL GIVE OFF SIGNALS March 14, 2026
- INSTITUTIONAL INSANITY March 14, 2026
- CLARITY IS VIVIDNESS March 13, 2026
- WE INHERIT MEMORIES March 13, 2026
- FINDING EGO March 13, 2026
- HOLDING ONTO ANGER March 13, 2026
- WE WERE WARNED March 12, 2026
- TRANSCENDING THE LEVELS March 11, 2026
- THE AI LAMA March 11, 2026
- CLONING: CONTROL BELIEF, CONTROL REALITY March 10, 2026
- GHOST IN THE MIND March 10, 2026
- KNOW THE DIFFERENCE March 9, 2026
- SPIRITUAL INBREEDING March 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE JAILBREAK March 8, 2026
- “WHO ORDERED THE BIG BANG?” March 8, 2026
- RULES OVER WELLBEING March 8, 2026
- MARA IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT March 7, 2026
- SUDDENLY, WE REALISE WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG March 6, 2026
- WHY DO WE SHY AWAY FROM SIMPLICITY? March 6, 2026
- THE SUBTLETY OF BEING March 5, 2026
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THE EXOTERIC AND THE ESOTERIC
The Exoteric And The Esoteric The exoteric = general discussion. The esoteric = direct experience in silent awareness. Words are a generalisation. The direct experience is the silent essence beyond words. In spring, we watch the lambs bouncing around in … Continue reading
IS RELIGION THE ULTIMATE QUACKERY?
Is Religion The Ultimate Quackery? Is religion the ultimate quackery? Promising something it cannot give? We all fall into this subtle trap, when we forget that is we who have to do the work. Religion isn’t the same as individual … Continue reading
SLAVERY
Slavery Slave: a person who is excessively dependent upon or controlled by something. There are two aspects to slavery: excessive dependence on or devotion to something. We are all slaves, being dependent on ideas. How do we get free? Drop the ideas and the jail door opens. 😀
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MEDITATION IS A TUNE-UP
Meditation Is A Tune-Up Tune-up: adjusting mechanism to perform at maximum efficiency. Merely sit in silent awareness, without following thoughts. The mind can then run silently, and consciousness will automatically clarify itself. 🙂
REPEATING LABELS
Repeating Labels Label: a classifying phrase or name applied to a person or thing, especially one that is inaccurate or restrictive. We label ourselves as this or that, placing a nameplate on our prison door. I became a Buddhist accidentally (it’s long story) and acquired that label, but soon discovered that people … Continue reading
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THERE ARE MANY WISE WORDS
There Are Many Wise Words In the past couple of thousand years, there have been many wise words handed down for us to identify with. That is both wonderful, and a subtle problem. When we identify with words, we identify … Continue reading
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KNOW YOUR ENEMY, KNOW YOURSELF
Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself Whomever we designate as an enemy is a reflection of our mind. Whomever we designate as a Buddha is a reflection in consciousness. Don’t jump to conclusions; analyse the conclusion.
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OBLIVIOUS TO OUR REALITY
Oblivious To Our Reality Oblivious to our reality: it’s quite shocking that most inhabitants of this planet are unaware of what they are. We are, first and foremost, pure consciousness by which everything can be known. If we do not … Continue reading
DON’T LET WHAT’S OUT THERE IN HERE
Don’t Let What’s Out There In Here If we don’t like what other people are doing, that is the moment when what we don’t like has entered our mind. Whatever was out there is now in here. The important thing … Continue reading
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WHAT IF THERE IS A FIFTH COLUMN?
What If There Is A Fifth Column In Every Country? Fifth Column: infiltration with an agenda. Is there a fifth column? Why would there be a name for it? We have to consider this, as so much is endlessly going … Continue reading
REASONING IS EMPATHY
Reasoning Is Empathy Empathy is understanding the reason(s) why someone is the way they are. This doesn’t mean that we condone the action: we aren’t judging, we’re just understanding the cause of the effect. It’s possible to reason without blaming. … Continue reading
A WORLD OF MENDACIOUS SOPHISTRY
A World Of Mendacious Sophistry 🙂 Mendacious: not telling the truth; lying. Sophistry: the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention to deceive. And nobody is held to account. What a world! As long as we do not know what absolute … Continue reading
A WORLD OF WAFFLE
A World Of Waffle Waffle: Speaking or writing at length in a vague or trivial manner. Not direct. Waffle is the antithesis of clarity.
THE SEED, THE MUD AND THE FRUIT
The Seed, The Mud And The Fruit The mud provides the nutrition for the seed to grow into the seed’s full potential. The seed is consciousness. The mud is confusion. The fruition is the realisation that consciousness is pure. Nothing … Continue reading
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OUR ENEMY IS NOT OUR ENEMY
Our Enemy Is Not Our Enemy In the material world, an enemy is not a friend. The world will always be full of ‘wrongness’. In the world of pure consciousness, however, an enemy is our reaction and, in recognising this, … Continue reading
A TALENT FOR DEPENDENCY
A Talent For Dependency We have developed a talent for dependency on whatever is in ‘the book’, which is merely words. Books are the fiction, while personal experience of the words is the non-fiction. We may think that we think … Continue reading
EXPERIENCING TRAUMA MAKES US EMPATHETIC
Experiencing Trauma Makes Us Empathetic Experiencing trauma makes us empathetic; it’s our intuitive human magic. All experiences, whether positive or negative, build our understanding of the world in which we live. Everyone exaggerates, fluffs themselves up, wants to be special … Continue reading
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SELF & ESSENCE
Self & Essence Self is merely a collection of thought-projections in the mind that essence (pure consciousness) perceives: when consciousness forgets its purity, it clings to these projections, creating a sense of I. We are, firstly, consciousness. The purity comes … Continue reading
DON’T FOLLOW A NAME
Don’t Follow A Name Don’t follow a name. Follow the understanding, and realise true essence, nature and expression of our reality.
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ARE WE CONSCIOUS OR UNCONSCIOUS BEINGS?
Are We Conscious Or Unconscious Beings? It isn’t always obvious whether we are conscious or unconscious beings. Knowing the difference changes the quality and direction of life. Are we spontaneous presence that can adapt, or are we an act that … Continue reading
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SIMPLY BEYOND THE MIND
Simply Beyond The Mind We are pure consciousness, beyond the thinking mind. When consciousness becomes caught up in thoughts, it forgets its freedom and purity. Freedom is being released from thoughts. It takes determination to realise this.
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CONSCIOUSNESS IS SO ORDINARY
Consciousness Is So Ordinary It is because consciousness is so ordinary (without distinctive features) that we ignore it for something more interesting. Unfortunately, this is especially so when the precious truth of our reality is elaborated upon in any way … Continue reading
DON’T BE A ‘PERFECT MEDITATOR’
Don’t Be A Perfect Meditator Meditation isn’t about being a ‘perfect meditator’. Meditation is about being aware that pure, perfect awareness is always present. We don’t make that happen: we are this pure, perfect awareness. Whatever we do, pure, perfect … Continue reading
EVERYTHING TRANSFORMS, SO NOTHING IS WASTED
Everything Transforms, So Nothing Is Wasted Everything transforms, so nothing is wasted. That is karmic law. There are no miracles; just wonders that transform karma.
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BUYER BEWARE
Buyer Beware Buyer, beware of concepts accepted as true. If we go through life just accepting and copying others’ behaviour, we relinquish responsibility for our true nature. Because of this, we have to take the consequences of whatever we have … Continue reading
GOD? OR NO GOD?
God? No God? One should reflect on the idea of intelligent design by ‘God’ or ‘Gods’. And questions naturally arise: Why did God bother? How are we in his or their own image? Does that mean we have the very … Continue reading
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IF LIFE IS SELF-REPLICATING
If Life Is Self-Replicating If life is self-replicating, what is the need for a creator? Was there a start to this self-replicating, or has it being happening forever, in an infinite universe? Life is consciousness, but if consciousness mistakes creation … Continue reading
IF YOU CAN’T EXPLAIN IT SIMPLY
If You Can’t Explain It Simply “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Albert Einstein I never feel that I know enough, but then I bring to mind the Buddha’s statement, “Do not take … Continue reading
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THERE IS NOTHING MORE
There Is Nothing More Absolute reality is the emptiness of pure consciousness that never changes. It is only obscured by the illusion of hope, fear and indifference that distorts our perception. We can use different words, but this is still … Continue reading
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RESOLVING OUR MIND
Resolving Our Mind Resolving our mind: lifting the veil. Our mind is past memories to which consciousness clings. Mistakenly, we call these memories “I”, and this I appears in every conversation to reinforce itself. Everything that we think is coloured … Continue reading
BARRIER TO TRANSPARENCY
Barrier To Transparency Pure consciousness is transparent, and free of concepts. The barrier is concepts placed in our mind. Placed? Where do we get our ‘information’ from? Once the ‘information’ is in the water, it gets everywhere, contaminating everyone. Only … Continue reading
THE MIND IS OUR TOOL
The Mind Is Our Tool The mind is our tool – for better or for worse. 🙂 The mind is our tool that expresses consciousness’s reality. This mind may be sharp or dull, adapting or adopting, improvising or rehearsed. The … Continue reading
DON’T BELIEVE WHAT YOU KNOW
Don’t Believe What You Know We hear and read information, and may believe that it’s right, but until we have verified it through testing and recognition, it is only belief. This is where we can be misled in spiritual circles, … Continue reading
WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT?
What Is Enlightenment? We are already enlightened beings, but we disregard this and give it no value. Ignoring this enlightened state, we constantly look for ideas to adopt. Enlightenment is the continuous expression of pure awareness without sides, and is … Continue reading
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LIFE IS EXASPERATING
Life Is Exasperating, Intensely Irritating, And Frustrating We live our lives according to worldly and spiritual materialism, promoting a self-image that seems to be more important than what we actually are. Conflict arises everywhere, and it’s exasperating when we know it needn’t … Continue reading
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WHAT WE ARE NOW
What We Are Now What we are now and what we will become will always be the same. Pure consciousness is exactly that.
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DOGMA
Dogma When others’ dogma becomes our dogma, we have veered away from our direct path to enlightenment. When others’ information becomes our information, we have veered away from our direct path to enlightenment. Enlightenment: full realisation of reality, released from … Continue reading
EXPOSING YOUR SELF
Exposing Your Self This is what spiritual practice is all about – exposing the psychology of the mind that dominates our behaviour. This awareness practice also exposes the fact that we are not the thoughts in our mind. It’s as … Continue reading
FINDING CONFIDENCE IN OUR PATH
Finding Confidence In Our Path If we don’t agree with a narrative, are we disloyal or treacherous? Are we domestic terrorists or hate criminals? This is how psycho-babble gibberish creates division, and is intent on destroying our clarity of mind … Continue reading
TRUTH BEYOND BELIEF
Truth Beyond Belief I keep on about belief because it is not direct experience; it’s borrowed, it’s second-hand. We only know when we have direct experience of a subject for ourselves. This world bombards us with ‘information’ – so much … Continue reading
RELATIVE AND ULTIMATE SATISFACTION
Relative And Ultimate Satisfaction Relative satisfaction is either in the completion of something, or in others’ recognition of having completed something – we’ve tried to the best of our ability. Ultimate satisfaction is; “Is that all!?” “What have I been … Continue reading
BECOMING JUDGEMENTAL
Becoming Judgemental We all need to judge whether a thing is beneficial or harmful but, in being fixated and obsessed about those judgements, we become judgemental. One is momentary, while the other is our programme for life. If we do … Continue reading
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SHARING KNOWLEDGE WITH DISSENTERS
Sharing Knowledge With Dissenters Sharing knowledge with those who have a closed mind is idiotic, as it will end in conflict. Belief closes minds and destroys unity: truth and belief are not amicable bedfellows. “Do not give dogs what is … Continue reading
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PROVOKED OR CHARMED?
Provoked Or Charmed? The moment before the Buddha attained enlightenment, he was attacked by desire and aversion. Enough said. 🙂
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SANITISING THE WORLD
Sanitising The World If the rawness of life is disguised so that people do not experience emotions, wisdom will be disguised. Covering up emotions denies enlightenment. In the moment before enlightenment, the Buddha was attacked by desire and aversion. Spirituality … Continue reading
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BELIEF REINFORCES ‘I’
Belief Reinforces ‘I’ The more we adhere to belief, the more we compound an illusion, engendering either insecurity or pride. In pure consciousness, there is neither insecurity nor pride. There is nothing to defend in the reality of empty cognisance. … Continue reading
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COMMENTS ARE NECESSARY
Comments Are Necessary … Comments are necessary for the Dharma to be practical. This blog is merely a continuity of comments which lead to further understanding through constant re-vision, re-seeing. We don’t go to teachings just to receive; we also … Continue reading →